Certified Project Legal & Contract Management Professional

This program provides the Project Legal & Contract Manager Certification participant the essential Understanding, Interpretation Rules, Competencies, Skills, Contract Knowledge and Management Guidance to perform his Project Legal & Contract Management Tasks in an effective, efficient, customer focused manner, always targeting for Protecting his Organization, Win-Win, Meeting Project Objectives and Organizational Strategic Objectives. This is a comprehensive program. Program Topics mentioned here will be discussed in great detail during the 4 weeks, to ensure the participant gains a full Multi-Discipline Multi-Stakeholder Latest-Technology Equipped Understanding of the Project Legal & Contract Management Processes he will be required to Plan, Document, Administer, Communicate & Coordinate, Resolve, Supervise and Manage.

Legal & Contracts Department plays a Critical Role in Growing Organizations. These organizations may be constantly involved in new Construction, Project Procurement, Partnerships and Joint Ventures, Mergers and Acquisition and other New Projects. This program provides the participant Understanding, Knowledge, Competencies and Skills to Effectively and Efficiently Manage the Legal & Contracts Unit to make it aligned to Organizational Operational and Strategic Objectives.

This program will include discussions on Understanding the Legal & Contracts Processes, Meeting & Exceeding Customer Expectations, Effectively Communicating with the Stakeholders, Educating of Internal Customers in Actions to Perform and Avoid to Protect the Organization and to Prevent Unnecessary Liability for the Organization.

Legal & Contracts Business Units frequently have a somewhat unfriendly and often strained relationship with its Internal Customers, this program will discuss the reasons for this and what all can be done to build a good relationship with Internal Customers and reach performance levels that Meet and Exceeding Customer Expectations.

This program is intended for Legal Unit Managers, Contract Department Managers and Contract Professionals.

This Program will also be useful for Project Managers, Operational Auditors and Senior Executives Responsible for Overseeing the Legal & Contracts Units.

1. Certified Project Legal & Contract Management Professional
2. Business Aspects of Organizational Legal Departments
3. Business Aspects of Organization Project Contracts Units
4. Legal & Contracts Unit Internal & External Stakeholders and their Needs and Expectations
5. Processes & Sub-processes directed at Internal Customer Satisfaction
6. Regulatory Compliance Legal Processes
7. Legal & Contract Processes on Projects
8. Legal & Contract Processes on Major Procurements
9. Legal & Contract Processes for Partnerships & Joint Ventures
10. Legal & Contract Processes for Mergers & Acquisitions
11. Processes for Resolving Disputes by Negotiations
12. Processes for Resolving Disputes through Local Courts
13. Processes for Resolving Disputes through Arbitration
14. For Each of the above Processes
    
    (1) Understanding the Process Steps
    (2) Understanding Internal Customer Expectations
    (3) Good Practices to Assure Effectiveness, Efficiency & Customer Satisfaction
    (4) Effective Communication,
    (5) Coordination and Support Actions
    
         (a) Standard Instructions & Forms
          (b) Checklists
         (c) Specific Data Collection
         (d) Sources of Information & FAQs
         (e) Focal Contact Point for more Info
15. Effective Meetings with Internal & External Stakeholders to
    
    (1) Discuss Problems,
    (2) Discuss Legal and Contractual Options,
    (3) Finalize Plans & Proposals
    (4) Agreeing Recommendations for Management
16. Handling Stakeholder Queries
17. Legal & Contract Unit Approvals Processes
18. Investigating Possible Best Practices to Exceed Expectations
19. Documenting, Educating & Monitoring Internal Stakeholders for Collection of Data and Records Relevant to Protecting your Organization’s Interests
20. Building Knowledgebase for Each Area of Above Mentioned Legal & Contract Processes
21. Legal & Contracts Keeping-up-to-Date with Changing Laws, Regulations & Rules
22. Legal & Contracts Office Automation Tools
23. Legal & Contracts Tools for Managing Guarantees, Insurance, Bonds etc..
24. Legal & Contracts Online Paid and Public Resources
25. Workshop 1
26. Settingup a System to Keep Informed of Changing Applicable Laws & Regulations
27. Creating a System to Ensure Compliance with all Applicable Laws & Regulations
28. Deeper Insights into Project Legal & Contract Management Professional Content and Modules
29. Developing Competencies & Skills for Implementing Good & Best Practices for above Processes
30. Developing a Project Legal & Contract Management Performance Evaluation System to know how well team is performing
31. Developing Meaningful Project Legal & Contract Management KPIs for Performance Reporting
32. Workshop 2
33. Project Legal & Contract Management Knowledge System
34. Building a Project Legal & Contract Management Knowledge System to Empower Team
35. Workshop 3
36. Preparing a Risk Analysis, Evaluation amd Mitigation Plan for Possible Project's Legal & Contract Risks
37. Developing an Early warning System for Emerging Legal & Contract Risks and Problems
38. Communicating, Briefing & Coordinating with Site Professionals regarding Project's Legal & Contract Emerging Risks
39. Project Legal & Contract Management Data Analytic System to Support Real Time or Near Real Time Decision Support
40. Workshop 4
41. Creating and Keeping Updating Legal & Contract Management Standard Operating Procedures SOPs
42. Building a Multi-Level Internal Project Legal & Contract Management Skill & Competency System to Assure Team Member Competencies
43. Project Legal & Contract Management Professional Certification Tests
44. Project Legal & Contract Management Professional Certification Interview
45. Program Recommendations
46. Detailed Personalized Post Program Project Legal & Contract Management Improvement Action Plan

Program General Methodology